Production of a pure isomeric beam

A 42 Sc m isomeric beam was produced for the first time at GANIL. The 12 C( 40 Ca, 42 Sc m ) 10 B transfer reaction at 30 MeV / A yielded an isomeric purity of 98±5%. Using the LISE3 on line separation, 30% of the residual 40 Ca nuclei were observed. A 42 Sc m secondary beam intensity of 114 pps was obtained with a 3 10 10 pps 40 Ca incident beam bombarding the 5 mg/cm 2 12 C target.